Creative Happens

from the bottom of our hearts! It’s been a week and people are still talking about how amazing the wedding was!

he day of. I was so stressed with emotion the day of but they made the day go by so easily. They helped set everything up, go out of their way to go my rehearsal and just honestly helped me take a big breathe of relief. Without this group. I don't know what I would've done.

n we had! The best part of the planning process- the online workbook Dan creates. Such an easy way to see where things are at in the planning process and an easy way to communicate with Dan and his team. Chris was also incredibly friendly, answered all of our wedding questions, and was fantastic supporting us both for our rehearsal and day of with Dan. We are so thankful to Creative Happens for all their help, and strongly recommend them for planning any event.

and beyond the call of duty, staying later than asked and taking on extra job duties just to ensure our day was perfect. You can call yourself lucky if you ever have the opportunity to work with her.

ly beautiful and fun ideas on decor that felt very us. He also did a really good job working within our budget. The day of was honestly the best day of our lives, and was 100% perfect (which is to say, we *know* there must have been some unexpected challenges crop up but the Creative Happens team handled everything so quickly and seamlessly that my husband I had no idea). We also felt that Dan just genuinely cared about us; he made sure to save us various desserts and remind us that we should take a break to eat or switch to a cold glass of champagne before toasts. It was like having another best man/maid of honor (which really let our wedding parties relax and enjoy the night). We HIGHLY recommend Creative Happens.

presented us with different options for us to decide from. Dan and his team were extremely responsive for each of our requests. His meticulous attention to detail is impressive and that tremendously helped us with our decisions. There are NO words that can describe the beautiful venue and all the arrangements for the wedding day. "EVERYONE" of our friend and family who attended the wedding and reception told us that this was perhaps the best Indian wedding they have ever attended - extremely well-planned. And a major credit goes to Dan and his team - we really appreciate what they did for our family. Dan is a skilled wedding planner, one with a good judgment, and polite behavior and who likes getting things done. Thanks Dan.

booked vendors, Jessica stayed in touch, collating their contact information, contracts, and other details to keep the back end organized. She was also available for questions and recommendations when we couldn't find what we needed or wanted on our own. Once she kicked in to full gear the month before our wedding, we felt so prioritized and her assistance was absolutely priceless. Day of, we had some hiccups with the venue at set up that Jessica seamlessly resolved, insuring that our wedding went off without a hitch. From overseeing every piece of decor, music cue, and even helping my mom bustle my dress, Jessica made our wedding a party we could 100% enjoy. She also made sure that my husband, myself, and my parents had drinks and food all night - without her, we may never have eaten! The price for this service is among the most affordable we found in Los Angeles and I cannot recommend Creative Happens and Jessica enough! I also just learned that Jessica has her own, new planning company - This review is primarily for her services, so I recommend seeking out Jessica Escalle!

ing all over again, just so we could work with them!

ur day of coordinator. However, she was very detailed and created several excels for scheduling and setup, I hoped that it would go smoothly. Adrian was our day of coordinator, he was only on the last call two weeks before the wedding and did not speak at all during the call. I even emailed him a couple things and Dan always responded instead. On the day of the wedding, I felt Adrian lacked knowledge of the schedule/details we discussed with Jessica. Before the ceremony, I asked Adrian if the bar was ready and serving drinks as it was 90 degrees and he had no clue the bar was allowed to server drinks before the ceremony which was another detail I had discussed with Jessica. When walking down the aisle, he missed sending down the ring bear and mother of bride first. I had to yell for the first groomsmen and bridesmaid to stop. We were doing a wine box ceremony and once I got down the aisle, I noticed the wine box was missing. This also contained our vows! So when it came time to say our vows, I called for Adrian to bring the box up. Adrian was not around. I called for him a second time. Again no response. I then tried to state my vows from memory but embarrassingly failed. I then called out a third time for him. Again, no response. A wedding guest then got up to look for the box and the DJ located the box and gave it to the wedding guest who brought it to me. Adrian still was no where to be found. After the ceremony Adrian apologized and said that a wedding guest moved the box. How he knew a guest moved the box but he didn’t think to put it back, I don’t know? Also I saw several picture of the alter before and during guest arrival and there is no box. Let’s be clear I was not mad the box was not there. I was mad he didn’t respond when I called for him to get it 3 times. I paid extra for all staffing, catering, and bar to be there and ready before the ceremony so no prepping was happening during the ceremony. Several other details that I had previously discussed with Jessica were missed throughout the night. I had to remind to have the event staff to bring in the chairs after the ceremony. I have a list of thing to trash bags keep, and that list was not followed. All the desserts stands I wanted to keep are missing. When he packed our car, the wood wine box was put on the bottom under presents and got scratched and dinged. We pre-tipped Adrian. I guess always wait til the end before tipping! I contacted Dan to let him know my frustrations that Adrian didn’t seem knowledgeable of the event since Jessica did all the prep work. He made excuses and defended his staff and offered a gift to make up for it. I would say, go ahead and use them if they are the only option but request your event coordinator to be the same person you prep with and that they be PRESENT during your ceremony should anything go wrong!

o review Creative Happens, and its owner and team. There were countless mistruths, miscommunications excuses and evasiveness on the part of Dan, the owner and his team. I went against my better judgment from the start, but talked myself into sticking it out because I thought "it'll all be ok, he's a seasoned planner with 5 star reviews.." WRONG!!!! It only got worse, and on the wedding day itself, pretty awful. I could list no less than significant 20 issues and considerably more of mistakes and blunders. Almost every single item listed on the spread sheet for the setup and schedule for the wedding was not adhered to. The assistants were nowhere to be found, our floral arrangements (6 of 10) were not returned, as per our request, items we purchased for the wedding did not appear at the wedding, and only when I texted Dan, the day after, did he tell me they were stolen from the assistant's porch. Right. Broken glass from the groom';s stomp was placed into the box with. the Kiddush cup and returned (glad I opened the box carefully after I heard a strange sound). These are just a few examples of the many failures. What's worse is the fact that Dan took no responsibility for any of it. He was full of excuses and worst still tried to turn things around, I think that is called gaslighting. I am so confused as to how there are so many 5 star reviews. I guess we got the D team.

rust and feel completely confident in, you've found the company. Our event coordinator was Chris and it couldn't have been in better hands. From our first phone call, our follow up calls/emails, to our rehearsal and to day-of - everything went absolutely perfect. We had an initial phone call with Chris and immediately after the phone call Aaron & I knew we found our coordinator. Extremely professional, but also his personality shines and we felt as if we found a new friend. Our initial planning phone call was with Jessica and she was also professional, extremely organized and helpful and just kept building our confidence in this company. Any questions we had prior to the wedding were answered within 10 minutes, if not within the same minute (in a text); it was incredible to feel so prioritized even knowing how many other weddings/events they are planning at the same time. Day of - Chris organized everything perfectly, and it was amazing to see how closely we stuck to our time schedule without ever feeling rushed or anything. His communication skills to myself, my now-husband, and everybody else was so welcoming and eased any stresses/nerves I had. Normally I'm an "always trying to host/help" person, but that day I knew it was in the right hands. I could go on for so much longer, but all you really need to know is if you're reading this: BOOK THEM NOW.

us with our timeline and was on top of everything on the day of - the wedding went so smoothly and just as we'd imagined it, and we couldn't have done it without Creative Happens!

he whole day/night and was on top of things. We couldn't have asked for a better coordinator. Thanks so much for your help! Highly recommend him for events.

navigate everything leading up to the wedding and everything on our special day. He made us feel like the most valued people and took away all of our (many) worries before and during and even after the wedding. We had to reschedule 4x because of covid and then our venue fell through the week of our wedding, and other rollercoasters, and Dan made it all happen - our dream day was perfect thanks to him. He thought of every little detail (including setting aside food for us to be sure we ate!) and his partner Chris provided the most gorgeous flowers, exactly what we'd dreamt of. I hope everyone is as lucky as we were and has a Dan in their lives. We are eternally grateful. He's the best ever!

s you create your timeline and our day of coordinators were Kayla and Tenyada. They were both so sweet and Kayla did a great job of trying to keep us on schedule but in a gentle way that didn't stress me out too much. Everything that I had planned and asked for happened exactly the way I had hoped it would so I have no complaints! Thanks to the Creative Happens Team and our day was truly magical and exactly how we had hoped it would be. We are over the moon!

but once the planning calls started happening they were good and seemed to be on the ball. Come day of the wedding, for the most part everything went smooth but there were a few things that stood out which prompted me to leave a review. We ordered wine glasses for the dinner table. For some reason the day of coordinators told the caterers I didn't want wine glasses on the table. When we all sat down for dinner and wine wasn't flowing, I was like wait where are the glasses and the caterers said the planners told them to keep them in the boxes. I asked the coordinaters and they said "you said you didn't want wine glasses on the table" I never said that because I wanted my guests to have wine during dinner duh! My husband and I were really disappointed in this. That was also $350 down the drain for wine glasses that sat in boxes. I also asked them to keep the extra menus as I was going to be sending the menus and placecards to the people that couldn't make it - I paid extra for these too. And they were thrown out. There were a few other little things that weren't huge in the grand scheme of things but it didn't feel as organized and seamless as I had hoped.

r consultation he answered ALL of our questions before we even had to ask and put us at ease with any initial concerns we had. He even provided us with a spreadsheet which outlined absolutely everything. Leading up to the wedding Dan was always available to us, responding immediately. He is diligent and organized and made everything so easy. The weekend of the wedding, Dan met us the afternoon before to walk us through the details of our ceremony. He is so experienced with all types of ceremonies and was able to curate ours based on our wants. Our ceremony was beautiful and just perfect. Afterwards, Dan immediately provided us with a drink and appetizers. Helped us with our marriage license and made sure we had time to relax for a second. When I say Dan was on top of things, I mean everything! He anticipated our every need throughout the evening which allowed us more time to socialize with our guests. The entire night went off without a hitch. If there were any hiccups, we never got word of it. Dan was the contact for all of our vendors so we did not have to deal with them at all. We could not be more please with Dan and the wonderful touch he put on our day. 5,000 Stars

y questions and helped us when we were extremely stressed. They have fantastic ideas and can help make your wedding special and unique. As of wedding coordination the day of, they made the day go by extremely smoothly, focused on keeping our guests always informed and focused on making sure everything ran smoothly and on schedule. Thanks to the entire team at Creative Happens, we would have been lost without all your guidance and support. Shoutout to Dan and Chris for dealing with us and our craziness and being there every step of the way!

ntire wedding planning process on her own, but hiring them was the best decision ever! Even though we booked them a few months before the wedding, Dan and Amanda did an incredible job jumping in and taking things over so quickly and last minute, and it took them almost no time at all to get up to speed as if they had been working with us for months! They did such an amazing job in the last month coordinating with all of our vendors and creating our master schedule for the wedding weekend so that my husband and I could focus on last minute details on our end. They were very responsive to emails and I loved that they scheduled update calls to review any new information with us and to just keep us in the loop. On the actual wedding day, Amanda did a FANTASTIC job taking over all of the wedding day tasks so that we could just enjoy our day and we did not have to worry about anything! They made it such an incredible day and we would highly recommend them for any event you may have! Thank you Dan and Amanda!

mlessly planned our rehearsal dinner at a winery, a beach party, and a cocktail party. Two brides meant twice the fun! Dan was the primary contact with all of our vendors (catering, rentals, DJ, etc.) for months prior to the wedding so that we didn’t need to stress about the details. It helped having someone local like Dan when we were planning our wedding from out of state. He handled all the in-person meetings with vendors that we couldn’t attend. Dan also gave us many options with vendor selection so that we could make the best decisions based on our budget. Chris was our florist and didn’t blink an eye when we asked to have beer hops added to the décor on all the wedding tables as well as our bouquets. It was helpful that he was on our initial meetings with Dan so that he could get to know us and our style. All the decor and flowers were beautiful and exactly what we envisioned! Our experience working with Dan & Chris was the best and we can’t recommend them enough. We have already had friends book Creative Happens for their event!

y created a fabulous atmosphere of joy for all guests."

, but it was the best decision ever. We chatted via phone and e-mail leading up to the big day and Dan, Chris, & Kayla made me feel really re-assured about the flow and schedule of our big day. I honestly pride myself on being organized and prepared and Dan showed me up!! He whips out excel spreadsheets like nobody’s business and I definitely took notes for future planning. On our actual wedding day, I had the joy of working with Brie and Kayla. Brie stepped in last minute for Chris due to a hiccup & Creative Happens problem-solved like nothing ever happened! My wedding was on the larger side and they made the evening go so smoothly. Brie and Kayla made sure I had time to eat, stay hydrated, and chat/dance with every guest. It was amazing. I feel like I’ve found friends in them. I absolutely recommend their services!!

he days of the events- every single thing went so smoothly. What is more, Dan was with us through the whole process which was started pre-pandemic and then really came through for us after we had to reschedule our wedding celebration for the following year. He is incredibly organized, hardworking, and kind and we couldn’t recommend him more.